Not Quite Melancholia
graphite, glitter, white paint
This piece is a graphite/collage self portrait finished during the latter half of the summer in 2020. Melancholia (loosely) translates to hopelessness, or in some context depression in Spanish.
It goes without explanation that last year was very hard for us as a collective. As a result I found myself isolated and caught between being grateful for what I had, healthy and generally doing better than before - versus feeling paralyzed with fear at the chaos and confusion that was (and arguably still is) our current day to day life.
Not quite sure what to feel, but I knew it was heavy and complicated. As my process goes, I took those feelings and put them on a page. Though it did not change what was going on outside, it did give me a reason to stick glitter to my cheeks again.
